Installed MythTV on Dell 410. Not happy with the results. There was considerable difficulty trying to get some of the plug-ins that should be part of the base.
Decided to install MythBuntu to try to get plug-ins. It's even worse with a really dumb UI compared to the default Ubuntu.
Reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04. Now need to rebuild Dell 410.
Started with getting VNC working again using Remote Desktop. It went back in easily.
Had to reconnect wireless interface. Installed firmware-b43-installer. Could then see wireless router and reconnect.
Installed Chromium Web Browser using package manager.
That basically gets me back to where I started this AM. Now to go forward.
To reinstall mythtv I went here then here. After reboot required by joining mythtv group myth now runs and tries to configure. Sadly, no database.
Go back and install database backend MythTV Backend. So much for the links!
With backend installed, frontend now works OK.
On to plug-ins. But first change the interface skin to something I can stand. Found a clue on plug-ins here. Plugins were found by going first here then here (don't you just love linux docs). The mythtv plugins docs imply that the tar file just downloaded is expanded in the home directory ~. Do so. After the tax -x... now have mythplugins-0.24.1 directory with a configure executable.
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A quick test of ./configure --enable-all fails miserably as the prerequisites aren't present.
OK, lets try to install mythgallery. It seems about as simple as this stuff is going to get. First off, it wants Open GL & TIFF support. No idea if Ubuntu has it by default or what. Do a bit of inconclusive checking then say what the heck, just try and see what happens. The directions from http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-15.html are just plain bogus.
Google for ubuntu install mythgallery. Land on these instructions - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythGallery. Lets try these. Oops, seems it's about Ubuntu 9 and a candidate for deletion.
Lets try mythbrowser. Turns out it's an actual Ubuntu package. No joy.
Run mythbuntu control center. Looks promising. Try enable all plugins. Mythmovies won't install. Everything else will. Install it and restart mythtv front end. Much new but needs configuration.
Configure with mythtv front end. Interesting possibilities particularly for news. Weather is a bit dodgy since it can't find my town. Explore the interface. I'd give it a B. It's more than a little clunky and limited. Of course I've not looked at the tuner support. That may change things.
Next up XBMC. It may offer some better interfaces for some things.
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